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both became wealthy ship-owners and influential politicians: Jørgen
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Korte biografiske notitser om enkelte gamle slægter og personer i
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and had a political career of her own, starting even before
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by Ellen
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34:Christen Knudsen was born in 1813 at Salterød near
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146:1905 - politisk fornying?
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55:Prime Minister of Norway
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